Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond

The author, flight director in NASA's Mission Control, tells of the challenges in space flight from the very early years to the current time and of "his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now."--Jacket.

Four-inch flight --
"Liftoff; the clock is running" --
"God speed, John Glenn" --
Brotherhood --
Making of a rocket man --
Gemini: the twins --
White flight --
Spirit of 76 --
Angry alligator --
Fire on the pad --
Out of the ashes --
X mission --
Christmas story --
1969: the year of Apollo --
SimSup wins the final round --
"We copy you down, Eagle" --
"What the hell was that" --
Age of Aquarius --
Coming home --
Shepard's return --
What do you do after the moon --
Last liftoff.

초록:

The author, flight director in NASA's Mission Control, tells of the challenges in space flight from the very early years to the current time and of "his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now."--Jacket.